Gay Village businesses and community stakeholders are joining together to create Manchester Village Pride CIC which will bring the four-day celebration back to the city
17:39, 01 Feb 2026Updated 17:59, 01 Feb 2026
Manchester Village Pride will host the four-day celebration in August(Image: Kenny Brown | Manchester Evening News)
The ticket prices for the upcoming Manchester Village Pride have now been revealed ahead of the huge LGBTQ+ event later this year. Pride will return this August with the establishment of a not-for-profit Community Interest Company to deliver an ‘inclusive, safe and celebratory event’.
It comes after it was confirmed that The Gay Village businesses and community stakeholders are joining together to create Manchester Village Pride CIC, which will take on the organisation of Pride following the collapse of Manchester Pride Events Ltd last year.
Last week it was announced that the four-day celebration, including key elements such as the parade, the Village party and the vigil, will return across the Summer Bank Holiday Weekend, between Friday 28 and Monday, 31 August.
Ticket prices for the event have now been revealed. Visitors will be able to purchase weekend tickets and family passes, as well as tickets for admission on individual days, with the Monday event continuing to remain free. Details surrounding plans and events during the four-day celebration have not yet been confirmed.
Early Bird tickets will first go on sale at 10am on Thursday (February 5), at a cost of £25 per ticket for the weekend, plus a £2.75 booking fee. General release tickets will cost £30 plus booking fee for the weekend, and £60 plus booking fee for a family weekend pass, which includes two adults and two children under 16.
Individual day tickets will cost £20, plus booking fee, and £40 for daily family tickets before the additional booking fee. Early Bird tickets will go on sale online from Thursday.
The new not-for-profit Community Interest Company, named Manchester Village Pride CIC, has been set up to deliver the event, following the collapse of Manchester Pride Events Ltd last year. Manchester Village Pride has the backing of key partners including Manchester City Council, Marketing Manchester, CityCo and Equity, alongside LGBTQ+ organisations and community groups.
MVP has received loans of £120,000 from village venues. The CIC’s board is made up of unpaid directors working on a voluntary basis, with all profit going to supporting LGBTQ+ charities, grassroots organisations and community services. The Council will also organise engagement sessions with LGBTQ+ organisations and representatives in the planning of the event.
Following the announcement, Carl Austin-Behan, one of the founding board members and spokesperson for Manchester Village Pride CIC, said: “Manchester Village Pride is built around a simple belief. Pride has a home – and that home is the Village – but Pride belongs to everyone.
“This is a really exciting time for our community. We have a chance to start again. 2026 is a year of rebuilding, re-establishing trust, reconnecting with Pride’s origins and reinforcing the role of the Village as the heart of the celebration.”
The news comes three months after the company behind the Pride festival went into voluntary liquidation. It has been previously reported that the Manchester Pride Ltd charity owed creditors £2,117,640, with a separate Manchester Pride Events Ltd subsidiary also owing creditors £1,037,392. However, the total sum of money owed across both the charity and its subsidiary was not yet clear.
Since the liquidation in October, the Equity union has been working closely alongside the many artists who remain unpaid for their appearances at the 2025 festival, which took place during the August Bank Holiday weekend. The union said more than £70,000 is still owed to around 50 Equity members.